October 27, 2009, I got into an accident. I'll just copy and paste this from another site -
Jeep vs. Tree
vs Around 11:40 AM, October 27, a guy in a chevy cobalt cut me off from two lanes over, I locked up my brakes, his pass rear clipped my driver front, and i skid, hopped the curb and hit the tree at about 30 mph and spun around facing head-on traffic.
I hopped out of my jeep without even looking at the damage yet, ran up to him a the red light as he's still waiting to turn, not even realizing what happened, and slammed on his pass window and he opened it and..
Me - "ARE YOU ****ING KIDDING ME!?!?!? DO YOU PAY ATTENTION!?!?!"
******* - "...what do you mean??"
Me - "WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHAT DO I MEAN?! YOU CUT ME OFF AND CLIPPED ME AND I HIT INTO A TREE!!!!"
So he gets out of his car to look at the side, and I walked back and the guy 2 cars behind him (who originally was behind me) and goes "do u need me to call the cops?" and i said "nahh i got it but u saw him cut me off right?" and he said "yeahh he cut me off earlier too. make sure u get his plates" and i went "oh my god, please stay here and be a witness for me when the cops come" and as I'm bout to get the plate number, the lady behind him hands me a piece of paper with the number on it.
I went back to my truck and looked at the damages, and turn to see the ******* speed away with my witness chase after him. the both disapeared and I called 911. As i'm on the phone, I see a cop right behind my truck. I told him what happened. He told me to try and start my truck and get it somewhere safe, because it was facing the wrong way of traffic and I got it turned around and went into the parking lot right next to it.
The witness was gone, so there went my chance to try and get a whole case going to get the ******* to pay for the damages. Filed a report with it saying "Victim avoided another vehicle that ws changing lanes causing him to skid off roadway striking a tree damage to front end"
Later on in the day, I notice a car driving past Jiffy Lube that looked like the same car the witness drove. Then the driver, turns and it was him. I flagged him down and got him to pull into the parking lot. i got his information and said he has no problem helping me out and being a witness. He, Mike, told me that he watched the guy swerve over two lanes without signaling and clipped my jeep, and his rear gave out but he didnt stop. Considering it was raining, he might've thought his rear just gave out from sliding and didn't realize he actually hit me.
Oh and the driver was completely oblivious because when I ran up to the window he looked as if nothing even happened to begin with.
Brought her to a shop, and ended up getting her fixed for a total of $1200.
I bought a used hood (same color fortunately), grill, header panel, and headlights for $120.
The mechanic bought me a new radiator and upper radiator support, and a used power steering pump reservoir.
Cut the front cross member, straightened the side rails and front crossmember, and welded it all back together. Came out pretty well.
Later that week, I got a phone call saying she was ready to be picked up. They had everything already put together for me, except the grill which I spray painted flat black which was originally white.
Painted the front crossmember, and installed two fog lights. Came out amazing, barely looks as if I was in an accident.
All in the end, it's now been almost 2 months, and I have not received any money from the other insurance company, and I'm still waiting, to this day, for the officer to call me back so I can re-classify the report as a Hit and Run.